Jazz Lines

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Instructor: Mike Edwin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Jazz

Excerpt: Bossa style lines. no.1, This one of the first lines I was ever proud to put my name to, It has since become a common tool in my improvisations. It is based on the first 8 bars of the tune ' Blue Bossa ' Analysis; ======== In bar one the line begins with a simple Cm arpeggio ascending then descending with a b5 on beat 4, implying a Cm7b5 chord. Continuing...

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Instructor: Mike Edwin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Blues

Excerpt: Welcome! Today we are looking at a Charlie Parker style approach to 12 bars of the blues. We are sticking to the more simplistic edge of his playing today but in the future ill be adding some of his more wild lines. In the Video I will play through the melody slowly for you and then a bit quicker with a backing track. The fingerings as tabbed out are not ...

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